Game Info
Year
2026
Players
2-6
Age
10+
Playtime
45 min
Collection
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Description
A Reiner Knizia tile-laying and auction game in which merchant players bid for goods to load aboard their ships in the newest entry in the Medici line
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Board Gaymes James Preview at 0:04 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Potential for strategic auctions.
- Profit maximization is a key element.
- Tile placement mechanic is present.
- Sleeves for all game components are a good deal at $12.
- Flat rate shipping is a nice feature.
Cons
- Host is unsure about the auction mechanic.
- Retail price might be cheaper than Kickstarter price.
- Canadian shipping is noted as not nice/expensive.
- Tax will be charged at the end of the pledge manager for Canada, UK, and EU.
- The price of metal coins ($28 for 55 coins) is considered a little high.
Thematic elements
- Merchant family trading furs, grains, spices, and other luxury goods
- 15th century Florence, Italy
Comparison games
- Cosmo Lancer
- Medici card game
- Medici dice game
- Whale Riders
- Whale Riders card game
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Auction — Players win auctions for goods to benefit their business.
- Real-Time — There is a mention of 'is this real time?' when looking at a mechanic, implying it might be a real-time element.
- scoring by rows and columns — The host mentions this as something Knizia has done before.
- Set Collection — Players collect goods, and watching what others buy is important for planning.
- Tile Placement — The game involves placing tiles.
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Quotes (from this video)
- So, because this is a near 50% discount for a retailer and the retailer is getting free shipping, you do not need to buy this on Kickstarter. You can wait till it comes to your game store as long as your game store is a game store that backs most of the frequent popular Kickstarters um because it will be cheaper in store than it will be on Kickstarter.
- This does seem like a familiar Kitia tile placement. Scoring by rows and columns, which he has done, I think at least 20 times. When you create over 150 games, that kind of tends to happen.
- 12 bucks for the entire game. That is a good deal.
- Medici Traders. Um I would say you could pass and get it in retail if you really want it. That's what I'll do.
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Tantrum House Preview at 0:22 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Plays pretty quickly
- More choices for tiles in a six-player game
- Beautiful cover art
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- merchant winning auctioned goods for your ship
Comparison games
- Medici
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- auction/bidding — Players will be bidding on tiles with their money and placing them on their ship.
- column scoring — At the end of the game, you look at each column, and if you have all the same color in a column, then you would get 10 coins for each of those columns.
- majority scoring — Players will be bidding on tiles with their money and placing them on their ship... you're going to collect money for different majorities... you look at each commodity, those colors, and see who has the most and second most of each color.
- Row Building — The first day tiles go on the bottom row, the second day tiles go on the second row... Once all players have finished their row, that will end the day...
- Set Collection — It's a competitive bidding set collecting game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I'm Kevin Delp.
- This game is a re-implementation of the game Medici, and both are designed by Reiner Knizia.
- Now, we won't be giving any opinion or critiquing the game, just showing you what it's like so you can get a feel for it.
- And since it's a prototype, there might be some changes for the final product.
- After three days, that ends the game and whoever has the most money is the winner.
- You just have to decide how much you want to pay for what you want, because your coins are your points. So, spend them wisely.
- Now, I know I'm not critiquing or giving opinions about the game, but I got to give some love to my favorite artist in board gaming, Vincent Dutrait.
- Just look at this cover. Love it.
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